@tokubirb @AwareIncel if your choices are to be wrong in agreement with people who are kind to you or to change your mind to be right in agreement with people who currently hate you, most people will choose to be wrong
People like people who think like them.
Tony Fadell • Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making
Since we’re a social species, it is intelligent for us to convince ourselves of irrational beliefs if holding those beliefs increases our status and well-being. Dan Kahan calls this behavior “identity-protective cognition” (IPC).
Gurwinder • Why Smart People Hold Stupid Beliefs
We make our first judgments rapidly, and we are dreadful at seeking out evidence that might disconfirm those initial judgments.43 Yet friends can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves: they can challenge us, giving us reasons and arguments (link 3) that sometimes trigger new intuitions, thereby making it possible for us to change our minds.
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
It is easy to mistake status-seeking for curiosity.